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Stadium Watch Blog

Photos: Construction update on new Vikings stadium

Photos: Construction update on new Vikings stadium

We’re about six months into the 31-month construction project that will build the Vikings a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The Metrodome is officially gone, and the site is shrouded in construction fencing. But the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has just put out a brief behind-the-scenes tour of the work, much closer than the Vikings Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Mpls. hires design firms for Target Center re-do

Mpls. hires design firms for Target Center re-do

The Timberwolves and Lynx released new images showing the updated redesign for the proposed $97 million renovation of the Target Center. The Minneapolis City Council’s Community Development & Regulatory Services Committee today signed off on a staff recommendation that the city hire Architectural Alliance of Minneapolis and Denver-based Sink Combs Dethlefs to design an update of Read more →
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Vikings stadium’s priciest premium seats sold out

Vikings stadium’s priciest premium seats sold out

Remember the flap over the big price tag the Vikings were putting on the best seats in the new stadium under construction in downtown Minneapolis? Well, those seats are gone. “For all intents and purposes we’re basically sold out of those,” says Jason Gonella, with Van Wagner, the advertising and consulting firm that the Vikings Read more →
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Are the Vikings ‘nickel and diming’ the state on the new stadium?

Are the Vikings ‘nickel and diming’ the state on the new stadium?

The Star Tribune’s Mike Kaszuba has a story today about the tax bill the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority agreed to pick up for a parcel of real estate owned by the Vikings owners, currently being used to store extra dirt for the stadium project.
by Tim Nelson

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See just how tall the Vikings stadium will be in Minneapolis

See just how tall the Vikings stadium will be in Minneapolis

At its peak, the new Vikings stadium will be 320 feet above the playing surface. That’s about 30 stories high, or about half the height of the IDS Center. The MSFA said this week the crane in the picture below will be about the height of the low end of the sloped roof. The MSFA says Read more →
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